Psych 405: Group Dynamics

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What are some common myths about leaders?

They have power over people

Leaders are born not made

Groups resist being led

Leaders have little effect on the group

What are the realities of leadership?

Power with people (not over)

Leadership qualities are influenced by both nature and nurture

People prefer to have leadership

Leaders are influential

What are the interpersonal processes that a leader shares with his group as a leader?

Reciprocal Process: Leader-Follower mutuality

Transactional Process: Leaders & Followers work together

Transformational Process: Leaders change people

Cooperative Process: legitimate influence and not sheer power influence the group

Adaptive, Goal-Seeking Process: organizes and motives members to attain goals.

What is the difference between task focused leadership and relationship focused leadership

Task oriented: Focus on group's work and goal's

Relationship oriented: Focus on interpersonal relationship

Men more task oriented, Women more relationship oriented

What qualities in a person influence leadership emergence?

Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence: Perceive emotion in self and others, use that information productively.

Skillful experience

Active within their group (Quantity must include quality)

Physical Appearance: Older, taller, heavier, physically fit.

Not as likely to be a minority

More often male

What is the Implicit Leadership theory (ILT)

People develop their own personal, implicit beliefs of what qualities a leader should have to be a leader. According to theory, each person categorizes group members into leader and follower positions.